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Chat inanely following introduction of this platform (7)

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twitter

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(Other definitions for twitter that I've seen before include "Make bird noises" , "Palpitate" , "Chirpy social website" , "Make high-pitched sounds, as of birds" , "Latest craze in web-based messaging" .)

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